Medical Research News

RSS

Study finds high rate of misuse of seizure and pain drug

With increasing public attention to overdose deaths and misuse of prescription medications in the United States, researchers today presented the results of a new study looking at abuse and misuse of gabapentin, a medication used to treat seizures and relieve nerve pain often associated with shingles.

3 Aug 2016

Researchers develop new hybrid method to study HIV protein involved in disease progression

More than 36 million people worldwide, including 1.2 million in the U.S., are living with an HIV infection. Today's anti-retroviral cocktails block how HIV replicates, matures and gets into uninfected cells, but they can't eradicate the virus.

3 Aug 2016

New biochip test helps identify individuals at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers today unveiled results from a new blood test to help identify which patients are at an elevated risk of Alzheimer's disease.

3 Aug 2016

Scientists uncover genetic cause of rare pediatric progressive neuropathy

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues identified the genetic cause and a possible therapeutic target for a rare form of pediatric progressive neuropathy.

3 Aug 2016

New research provides insight into how exercise helps retain old memories

Research has found that exercise causes more new neurons to be formed in a critical brain region, and contrary to an earlier study, these new neurons do not cause the individual to forget old memories, according to research by Texas A&M College of Medicine scientists, in the Journal of Neuroscience.

3 Aug 2016

Inosine treatment can help restore motor control after cortical injury

Brain tissue can die as the result of stroke, traumatic brain injury, or neurodegenerative disease. When the affected area includes the motor cortex, impairment of the fine motor control of the hand can result.

3 Aug 2016

Study explores economic decision-making in lean and corpulent men

When slim men suffer bouts of low blood sugar, chances are that they will make unfair decisions involving the more rotund people they engage with in the workplace.

3 Aug 2016

Rice University bioengineer receives NIH grant to study use of AAV-based therapy to combat ovarian cancer

Rice University bioengineer Junghae Suh has been awarded a prestigious R01 grant by the National Institutes of Health to research the use of viral gene therapy to fight ovarian cancer.

3 Aug 2016

People with filariasis show two to three-fold increased risk for HIV

Since the start of the HIV epidemic, there have been speculations as to why HIV and the immunodeficiency syndrome it causes have spread so much more in Africa than in other countries around the world.

3 Aug 2016

Common pesticides linked to allergic and non-allergic wheeze among farmers

New research from North Carolina State University connects several pesticides commonly used by farmers with both allergic and non-allergic wheeze, which can be a sensitive marker for early airway problems.

3 Aug 2016

Naturally occurring estrogen in cow’s milk does not affect blood hormone levels, study shows

Estrogen occurs naturally in cow's milk. Recently, there has been concern that consuming milk containing elevated amounts of estrogen could affect blood levels of the hormone in humans, leading to an increased risk of some cancers.

3 Aug 2016

Small dense HDL particles protectively linked to coronary heart disease risk

The idea that plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is protective against coronary heart disease has been part of medical conventional wisdom for five decades.

3 Aug 2016

Study shows hospitals that send more number of heart patients to ICU perform worse in quality of care

Patients who suffer heart attacks, or flare-ups of congestive heart failure, can be cared for in a variety of hospital locations. But a new study suggests that they'll fare worse in hospitals that rely heavily on their intensive care units to care for patients like them.

3 Aug 2016

New drug treatment could reduce body weight in obese patients with rare genetic disorder

As part of a phase II study at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health, two obese patients with a rare genetic disorder were given a drug treatment to stimulate the satiety center in the brain.

3 Aug 2016

Researchers develop wearable patch to monitor person's blood-alcohol levels in sweat

Overconsumption of alcohol can lead to errors in judgment, causing, for example, some people to get behind the wheel when they are impaired.

3 Aug 2016

Study shows hysterectomy doubles chances of woman experiencing persistent hot flushes, night sweats

A University of Queensland School of Public Health study has found these hot flushes and sweats -- known as vasomotor symptoms -- can persist for more than a decade, seriously affecting quality of life.

3 Aug 2016

Neurologists identify cause of immune-mediated neuropathies

Würzburg neurologists have discovered an antibody that is involved in triggering certain forms of neuropathies. This discovery also allowed them to show a way to treat these diseases successfully.

3 Aug 2016

Study shows link between inflammatory biomarkers and prevalence of CAD in HIV-infected men

A cardiac imaging study led by Hossein Bahrami, MD, PhD, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, along with investigators from Johns Hopkins University and five other institutions, showed a correlation between higher inflammatory biomarkers and an increased prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in men infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

3 Aug 2016

Scientists test endometrial scratching technique in first-time IVF attempters

A NEW simple procedure which involves gently scratching the lining of the womb in the month before IVF treatment, potentially improving treatment success, is being tested on first-time IVF attempters in a groundbreaking study.

3 Aug 2016

UK Biobank celebrates 10 years of pioneering health research

UK Biobank, a large scale medical research programme, is an extraordinary undertaking with the ultimate aim of improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of host of serious conditions.

3 Aug 2016

Medical Research News

Study finds high rate of misuse of seizure and pain drug

Researchers develop new hybrid method to study HIV protein involved in disease progression

New biochip test helps identify individuals at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease

Scientists uncover genetic cause of rare pediatric progressive neuropathy

New research provides insight into how exercise helps retain old memories

Inosine treatment can help restore motor control after cortical injury

Study explores economic decision-making in lean and corpulent men

Rice University bioengineer receives NIH grant to study use of AAV-based therapy to combat ovarian cancer

People with filariasis show two to three-fold increased risk for HIV

Common pesticides linked to allergic and non-allergic wheeze among farmers

Naturally occurring estrogen in cow’s milk does not affect blood hormone levels, study shows

Small dense HDL particles protectively linked to coronary heart disease risk

Study shows hospitals that send more number of heart patients to ICU perform worse in quality of care

New drug treatment could reduce body weight in obese patients with rare genetic disorder

Researchers develop wearable patch to monitor person's blood-alcohol levels in sweat

Study shows hysterectomy doubles chances of woman experiencing persistent hot flushes, night sweats

Neurologists identify cause of immune-mediated neuropathies

Study shows link between inflammatory biomarkers and prevalence of CAD in HIV-infected men

Scientists test endometrial scratching technique in first-time IVF attempters

UK Biobank celebrates 10 years of pioneering health research

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

Latest News